Isidoor Teirlinck (

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, 2 January 1851 -

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, 27 June 1934) was a

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writer. He is best known for his work on

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. Isidoor Teirlinck went to school in Lier. He married with Oda van Nieuwenhove and he was the father of the writer

Herman Teirlinck Herman Louis Cesar Teirlinck (Sint-Jans-Molenbeek, 24 February 1879 – Beersel-Lot, 4 February 1967) was a Belgian writer. He was the fifth child and only son of Isidoor Teirlinck and Oda van Nieuwenhove, who were both teachers in Brussels. As a ...

. He became a teacher and taught in

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, and from 1875 onwards, he was teacher in mathematics and physics in

. He wrote several books, together with his brother-in-law

Reimond Stijns Reimond Stijns (10 May 1850, in Mullem – 12 December 1905, in Sint-Jans-Molenbeek) was a Belgian writer. He started his professional career as a teacher in 1870, first in Bevere (Oudenaarde), and afterwards back in Sint-Jans-Molenbeek. In 1883 ...

, as ''Teirlinck-Stijns''. Their most famous novel was ''Arm Vlaanderen'' (E: Poor Flanders), which they published in 1884.

Bibliography

* Wie niet hooren wil moet voelen (1873) * Bertha van den Schoolmeester (1877) * Frans Steen, zedenroman (1878) * Gedichten en Novellen, eerste deel, Bladknoppen (1879) * Lina Donders (1879) * Baas Colder (1879) * Aldenardiana, Novellen uit het Zuiden van Oost-Vlaanderen (1880) * Lucia Staps (1882) * Kruidkunde :, een handboek voor onderwijzers en leerlingen-onderwijzers (1882) * Bloemenleven (1882) * Uit het leven van ons Volk (1882) * Stella (1883) * Arm Vlaanderen (1884) * Bloeiende reuzen (1885) * Blozende kriekse (1886) * Woordenboek van het Bargoensch (1886) * Cilia (1888) * Mirza-Schaffy's liederen ten love des wijns (1888) * Molleke (1889) * Onze beste vrienden (1891) * Naar het land van belofte! (1894) * Van drie oudjes (1899) * Le folklore flamand: Folklore mythologique (1890) * Le folklore flamand: Contes flamands (1890) * Lastige kerels en brave gasten (1901) * Plantenkultus (1904) * Kinderspel en kinderlust in Zuid-Nederland (1902–1908) * Zuid-Oostvlaandersch idioticon (1908–1924) * Brabantsch sagenboek (1909–1912) * De toponymie van den Reinaert (1910–1912) * Klank- en vormleer van het Zuid-Oostvlaandersch dialect (1924) * Flora Diabolica (1930) * Flora Magica (1930)

Sources

* ''Biographisch woordenboek der Noord- en Zuidnederlandsche letterkunde'', 1888–1891, F. Jos. van den Branden en J.G. Frederiks, * ''Letterkundig woordenboek voor Noord en Zuid'', 1941, K. ter Laan, * ''De Nederlandse en Vlaamse auteurs'', 1985, G.J. van Bork en P.J. Verkruijsse,
Isidoor Teirlinck
1851 births 1934 deaths People from Brakel Flemish writers {{Belgium-writer-stub

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